Given the open source movement, the growing popularity of the Internet and social networks, and the cornucopia of new tools for collaboration, more and more people are looking for ways to build community around things that used to be done by individuals or tightly controlled groups: art, product development, news, political statements, and so on. We'd like to help people build communities to do these things.

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This area is for original content that is written and edited directly in the MediaWiki framework. It is our hope that many interested individuals will contribute and make the resulting product more appealing and complete.

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==== The Art of Community ====

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This wiki started with the ultimate goal of publishing a book.

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* Administrative/Editorial Items [[ArtOfCommunity]]

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But this proved unfeasible. The current chapters that were contributed are remaining on this site, where you can contribute to them. You can also create your own.

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==Scope==

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===Revisions===

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This site melds ''community'' and ''technology''. It's for people who are aware that the Internet and computer technology are having an impact on how communities are built and work together, and who want to be effective in this environment. Articles can cover particular technologies that help communities form and collaborate. Other articless may not cover technology per se, but will talk about community in the ''context'' of available or emerging technology. Even the articles about technology are not guides to particular tools. They are general overviews about the value of technology (as well as problems to look out for) for people working in communities.

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This area is for content that may come from titles that have been published by O'Reilly and are being revised on the MediaWiki. It is our intent to have as many interested inviduals post, edit, contribute and get involved in revising content that, today, may not make commercial sense as a printed book.

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==Style==

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Try to stay conversational, but with good grammar and a sense of poise to your writing. This site is practical and educational, but is neither a technical how-to or a policy statement.

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===Community Documentation===

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Articles should be about 6,000 words in length, but this is a very flexible rule. Let each article be the right length for what you have to say.

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This area is intended to be for individuals who are interested in writing documentation for open source and other types of software products.

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==Where to start==

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Pick a chapter, and begin contributing!

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* [[Chapters for AOC|Chapters for AOC]]

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==Content/Topics==

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===[[Legal Notice]]===

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[[AOC Overview and Outline|Original Outline]]<br>

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If you do anything that messes with this, we will frag you with a laser gun or flank cannon.

Current revision

Contents

The Art of Community

Purpose

Given the open source movement, the growing popularity of the Internet and social networks, and the cornucopia of new tools for collaboration, more and more people are looking for ways to build community around things that used to be done by individuals or tightly controlled groups: art, product development, news, political statements, and so on. We'd like to help people build communities to do these things.

This wiki started with the ultimate goal of publishing a book.
But this proved unfeasible. The current chapters that were contributed are remaining on this site, where you can contribute to them. You can also create your own.

Scope

This site melds community and technology. It's for people who are aware that the Internet and computer technology are having an impact on how communities are built and work together, and who want to be effective in this environment. Articles can cover particular technologies that help communities form and collaborate. Other articless may not cover technology per se, but will talk about community in the context of available or emerging technology. Even the articles about technology are not guides to particular tools. They are general overviews about the value of technology (as well as problems to look out for) for people working in communities.

Style

Try to stay conversational, but with good grammar and a sense of poise to your writing. This site is practical and educational, but is neither a technical how-to or a policy statement.

Articles should be about 6,000 words in length, but this is a very flexible rule. Let each article be the right length for what you have to say.